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The essence of design lies in the process of discovering a problem shared by many people and trying to solve it.
– Kenya Hara

DAVID TAKAHASHI, AIA

After growing up in Las Vegas, David returned to Los Angeles, his birthplace, to attend the USC School of Architecture. Having graduated in 2016, he dove into the field and worked on the award winning Anita May Rosenstein LGBT Center through the end of construction in Spring of 2019. Now taking a larger role in the project team, he is currently working on an adaptive reuse senior housing project on the West LA VA Campus. David is a LEED Green Associate, and was licensed in California as of July 2019, showing his passion for reshaping Los Angeles’ architectural landscape. When not hard at work, David is reading the latest best seller or exploring LA area hikes with his dog, Kiwi.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Architecture
University of Southern California

FIVE THINGS

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara. Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup. Hiroshi Nakamura. Cairo (2013) Julie Mehretu. Los Angeles After the Rain.